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Powerful Interviews: Tim Weis

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Tim Weis of the Pembina Institute in Canada discusses how provinces like Ontario and Alberta can be running their cheap cialis online canadian pharmacy economies with a much larger portion of their energy coming from renewable sources.
Parts of this [...]

Powerful Interviews: Preben Maegard

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Danish wind and renewable pioneer and expert Preben Maegard discusses the Danish experience, the potential of wind and biomass, and the policies that will get us to a renewable energy society.
Parts of this interview will be featured in the [...]

Powerful Interviews: Paul McKay

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Paul McKay discusses how we can move from a power system dominated by fossil fuels and nuclear, to one that is based on conservation, efficiency and renewable sources.
Parts of this interview will be featured in the upcoming David Chernushenko [...]

Powerful Interviews: Paul Gipe

In this first of a series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Paul Gipe discusses the potential for Ontario and Canada, but with a global message. What are the obstacles and how do we get past accutane online canadian pharmacy them? What policies would make a real difference.
Parts [...]

Nepal Energy

What is life like when there is not enough electricity to go around?  We found out in Nepal where the load sharing schedule means everyone from homes, big hotels to government buildings have the power turned off for 8-10 hours a day.  How do the people cope?
Refrigeration-  The main dish in Nepal is Dahl Bhatt [...]

Meet Boniface Gomes and Father James Kiron

Dave and I were a little weary about going to Bangladesh. The travel blogs we read had nothing good to say about Dhaka and we just didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into by signing up to go visit a tribal village in Sirmangal.
But for me, the visit in Bangladesh has been [...]

A busy spring: Many screenings and events

Interest in Be the Change (and the upcoming film Powerful) continues to grow. Let’s hope the donations and investors needed to complete Powerful follow soon.
In May and June I am participating in a flurry of screenings, talks and fundraisers in different parts of Ontario. On my “to visit” list are the Southampton/Port Elgin area, Barrie, [...]

Meet Dave and Natasha from Evergreen Forest in Auroville!

Dave and Natasha are part of the Evergreen community in the greenbelt of Auroville city in the south of India. Over breakfast, we told our new friends about our experiences at Findhorn, while we quizzed them on what it’s like to live in Auroville.
The city was founded 40 years ago, with a vision to [...]

Can Canada Catch the Renewable Energy Boom?

In February I put to some immediate use some of my growing collection of footage and interviews being amassed for the next film Powerful: Energy Security for Everyone. While these will find their way into this feature length film, you can view a 6-minute video prepared by James Greatrex and me for the Pembina Insitute’s [...]

California dreaming … of a cleaner, safer, healthier world

Two photos from my recent trip to California

The huge solar panel array installed on the site
of the closed nuclear energy plant at Rancho Seco, CA.
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Two Stanford order accutane uk cost students with their model “solar concentrator”
to bring electricity to homes with none.
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Just imagine what a cleaner, safer, healthier world could look like!
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Photos © David Chernushenko